The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) has welcomed Meta as a member, with the social media giants vowing to make its core crypto patents accessible to all.Meta, formerly Facebook, has joined the COPA, a group that advocates for public patents on crypto and blockchain-related technologies. On Monday, the organization published a statement announcing Meta and noting that Shayne … [Read more...] about Meta joins patent alliance, pledges free crypto patents for all
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What Facebook’s Patents Tell Us About the Fight for the Soul of the Metaverse
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.Download this episodeOn this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads David Z. Morris’ “Meta Leans In to Tracking Your Emotions in the Metaverse.”See also: Who Writes the Story of the Metaverse?“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill … [Read more...] about What Facebook’s Patents Tell Us About the Fight for the Soul of the Metaverse
Chinese holding firm Ping An overtakes Tencent in blockchain patents race
Chinese holding conglomerate Ping An Group filed the largest number of blockchain-related patents in 2020, according to a new report.Intellectual property-focused magazine Intellectual Asset Management has released a report on the rankings of the world’s foremost blockchain patentees. Based on data from the Derwent World Patents Index, the rankings show that Ping An filed 1,215 … [Read more...] about Chinese holding firm Ping An overtakes Tencent in blockchain patents race